The Hakobyan surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 786 people carried this name — #29,878 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 370,400 people counted. That is up 394% from 159 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Hakobyan surname
A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Jacobs or Jacobson.
From Armenian Հակոբյան (Hakobyan).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hakobyan» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 267 people named Hakobyan live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
123 people named Hakobyan have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 379 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Hakobyan.
Most of them — 57 — were born outside France.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
24 people named Hakobyan live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 20 people named Hakobyan live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
85 people named Hakobyan is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Hakobyan,
with a public archive behind them.
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Simon Agopyan 1857–1921 · painter -
Hakob Hakobyan 1866–1937 · poet -
Hakob Hakobyan 1866–1937 · poet
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Gevond Akopyan 1908–1986 · military personnel -
Aleksandr Hakobyan 1891–1971 · pianist
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Aleksandr Hakobyan 1891–1971 · pianist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hakobyan.
- Haise 129 · U.S. census
- Hajduk 899 · U.S. census
- Hajjar 1,160 · U.S. census
- Hak 589 · U.S. census
- Hakim 3,165 · U.S. census
- Hakimi 1,016 · U.S. census
- Halbardier 122 · U.S. census
- Halbeisen 229 · U.S. census
- Halbert 4,878 · U.S. census
- Halby 116 · U.S. census
- Hale 86,618 · U.S. census
- Halfon 264 · U.S. census
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